(EUbusiness, 02 April 2011, 00:11 CET) – (BRUSSELS) – The European Union’s top diplomat Catherine Ashton said Friday she was “disturbed” by Iran’s reported doubling of a jail term for seven leaders of a religious minority,…
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Iran Reinstates Draconian Sentence for Baha'i Leaders
By Michael Day ABC RELIGION AND ETHICS | 1 APR 2011 Iranian prison authorities have told seven jailed Baha’i leaders that their twenty-year sentences which had been halved by an appeals court have now been…
AI USA: Iranian Baha'i Leaders Hit By 'Vindictive' Sentence Extension, Says Amnesty International
Amnesty International Media Release For Immediate Release Thursday, March 31, 2011 Organization Repeats Call for Immediate Release of Seven Leaders Contact: Suzanne Trimel, 212-633-4150, [email protected] (New York) — The reimposition of 20-year jail terms on…
Families visit former Yaran
(BWNS in Persian, 5 Farvardin 1390 [25 March 2011]) — On 26 Esfand 1389 (17 March 2011), former members of the Iranian Yaran (“Friends”) were visited by their families.
IRANIAN BAHA'I LEADERS HIT BY 'VINDICTIVE' SENTENCE EXTENSION
(Amnesty, 31 March 2011) The reimposition of 20-year jail terms on seven leaders of Iran’s Baha’i religious minority is “outrageous”, Amnesty International said today as it made a renewed call for their immediate release. The…
U.S. State Dept. and many more condemn escalating persecution of the Baha’is in Iran
(iran.bahai.us, 31 March 2011) oea — Iran’s judiciary system has re-imposed a 20-year sentence on the seven Baha’i leaders currently confined in the perilous Gohardasht Prison. The Baha’i International Community confirmed the move on Mar.…
Historic UNHRC vote to investigate Iran’s human rights record underscores Secretary General’s report
(iran.bahai.us, 24 March 2011) oea — By overwhelming majority vote on March 24, the UN Human Rights Council called for a special investigator to monitor Iran’s compliance with international human rights standards to which the…
Shock at "duplicity" as 20-year sentence for Iran's Baha'i leaders is reinstated
(BWNS, 30 March 2011) NEW YORK — Just six months after Iran’s appeal court reduced to 10 years the jail terms handed down to seven Baha’i leaders, the prisoners have been told that their original…
Arrest of Farshid Ghavaseh, an Iranian Baha'i, in the city of Shiraz.
(RAHANA 26 March 2011) : Human Rights Watch of Iran reports that plainclothes officers of the Iranian Ministry of Information, pursuing their policy of persecution of the Baha’i religious minority, entered home of Mr. Farshid…
Justice for Members of Baha'i Community in Iran
By Michael Day ABC RELIGION AND ETHICS | 28 MAR 2011 The Baha’i New Year’s day on 21 March is usually a time for celebration but for one South Australian Baha’i the festivities this year…
Canada vows to hold Iran to the fire over human rights abuses
By Steven Edwards, Postmedia News March 24, 2011 UNITED NATIONS — Canada pledged on Thursday to maintain its annual “diplomatic” assault on Iran at the United Nations — even though the world body’s Human Rights…
Baha’i Citizen Arrested in Salman Shahr
(RAHANA, 4 March 2011) Badiollah Lohrasb, Baha’i citizen of Salman Shahr, has been arrested in February.
Baha’i Citizen Payam Aghsani Fined and Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison
(RAHANA, 1 March 2011) Baha’i resident of Tehran Payam Aghsani has been sentenced to a $400 fine and 3 years in prison.
Baha’i Citizen Peyman Kashfi Began Serving Sentence
(RAHANA, 1 March 2011) Baha’i citizen Peyman Kashfi was detained on February 14th in order to being serving his 4 year prison sentence.
Baha’i Citizen Behzad Zabihi Arrested in Sari
(RAHANA, 23 Feb. 2011) Sari Baha’i resident Behzad Zabihi was arrested after being summoned to the Intelligence Ministry.
More than 332 Arrested in Iran during the month of February
(RAHANA, 15 March 2011) According to confirmed reports, during the month of February 2010, more than 332 political and civil activists, students, and protesting citizens were arrested.
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